Yesterday we spent eight hours being wined and dined on th Chanps Élysées to celebrate the great achievement by Cadel Evans of winning the Tour de France. Dismantling the course was well underway by the time BMC had finished th team parade. His team noted that he stopped for every Australian flag!
Today’s forecast tells me it will be 19 degrees, with sun and clouds. What shall we do today – there a so many things for tourists to see Paris, but here is what we have decided:
1. Sleep in, for a change.
2. Have breakfast in the hotel, it will be more relaxing.
3. Stroll around the gardens. Perhaps enjoy food and drink. Oh, we might go and watch Cadel Evans win the 2011 Tour de France, and be presented with a yellow jersey. Is there anything else that can be compared to being in Paris today?
Yes, folks we have tickets for one of the stands on the final Champs Elysee. Don’t know what the experience will be like (welcome by tour host, gift – who knows what this will be like, food and drink through the afternoon), but today is a great day to be an Australian and be here in Paris to see the presentation of the Jerseys. And no, we didn’t bring a flag – in 2005 when we saw the TDF we were ignored so I left it at home, I’m okay with this.
As for Australia having a public holiday on Monday to celebrate – why not, makes damn good sense to me.
So, what will you be doing today?
